I am 25 year old male....i recently read the answer to a guy asking about hiv transmission through used razor at barber shop,same incident happned to me..but in dat answer you said it does carry a high risk...contradictiory from first two sentence in answer..it made me fear...u may hv forget to write"not"...plz clear my doubt..m very tensed.

Response from Ms. Southall

Hi
I will be talking to our web master and ask that the question be revised. My fingers got typing faster than my brain and I didn't re read the answer prior to my posting.
It does not carry a risk!

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